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ChristopherMD wrote: People like to hate on stuff. That's why I don't talk online about most of the TV shows I'm into.
I liked the Lost in Space remake. Loved it, almost. I don’t really need to shit in people’s cheerios because they like something, most of the time.
Sort of like the John Mayer/Blues/Jazz thing.
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The latest Westworld certainly had a lot going on.
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Anyone still watching The Americans? I really enjoy it still and will be sad when it eventually goes.
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Colorcrayons wrote: I'm currently watching True Blood.
On the beginning of season 6 right now.
I don't know if it's always intentional, but there are parts in this show that are so ridiculously stupid, I can't help but cackle with levity. I know they understand and make some self effacing bits in the show as a wink to how dumb it is, but I'm not sure if all funny parts are like that. If it's all intentional, then this is the most genius comedic series since arrested development.
As it stands though, I often hug my blanket in bed, shuddering with tears from laughter as I loudly bemoan how utterly fucking stupid the show is. And I can't stop watching.
My sister is a big fan of True Blood, in part because she lives in Shreveport. So I gave it a try. The title sequence is great, but the rampant stupidity of the show became oppressive. I gave up after six episodes, but if it gets even more stupid, it sounds like it could be entertaining after all.
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My sister is a big fan of True Blood, in part because she lives in Shreveport. So I gave it a try. The title sequence is great, but the rampant stupidity of the show became oppressive. I gave up after six episodes, but if it gets even more stupid, it sounds like it could be entertaining after all.
More stupid? I don't think that's possible. No, wait - I sat through a lot of Banshee, so 'more stupid' is definitely possible. True Blood definitely lets you check 'boobs' and 'blood' off your list, though.
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Banshee was a lot more fun throughout its series.
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Other times it's recurring, like absolutely everytime a vampire bears fangs (seriously, it's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen. The show has to be self aware of this), or vampire bill says the name "Sookie".
It's a daytime soap opera with a harlequin romance novel cover, that is also 'meant to be consumed after dark'.
I'm convinced it is trash that is self aware and rolls in it's own offal like a hog.
I also enjoy some of the portrayals of Southerners. As a person who has been all over the gulf coast region, I find some of it as exaggerated parody and some of it so honest that I don't know whether to laugh or cry. It's spinal tap for the south.
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I love The Americans, but I don't have cable. So I'm always a full season behind. Fortunately, it stays under the radar pretty well, so it's easy to avoid spoilers.charlest wrote: Anyone still watching The Americans? I really enjoy it still and will be sad when it eventually goes.
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Gregarius wrote:
I love The Americans, but I don't have cable. So I'm always a full season behind. Fortunately, it stays under the radar pretty well, so it's easy to avoid spoilers.charlest wrote: Anyone still watching The Americans? I really enjoy it still and will be sad when it eventually goes.
We've been catching up on the Americans and are midway through season 5 right now. I have to say that I'm losing my interest in it pretty rapidly. There were some good moments in seasons 3 and 4, but nothing that had me saying: "We should watch another one tonight!" Now it feels more like a completion thing.
Gregarius, The Americans is on Amazon, including the current season (I think the episodes are available after the initial FX broadcast.) So, if you have Prime, you should be able to watch everything and catch up to the current stuff, as you like.
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Jackwraith wrote:
Gregarius wrote:
I love The Americans, but I don't have cable. So I'm always a full season behind. Fortunately, it stays under the radar pretty well, so it's easy to avoid spoilers.charlest wrote: Anyone still watching The Americans? I really enjoy it still and will be sad when it eventually goes.
We've been catching up on the Americans and are midway through season 5 right now. I have to say that I'm losing my interest in it pretty rapidly. There were some good moments in seasons 3 and 4, but nothing that had me saying: "We should watch another one tonight!" Now it feels more like a completion thing.
Gregarius, The Americans is on Amazon, including the current season (I think the episodes are available after the initial FX broadcast.) So, if you have Prime, you should be able to watch everything and catch up to the current stuff, as you like.
Season five was notoriously slow, and more about their relationship than anything else. Season six is KNOCKING MY SOCKS COMPLETELY OFF. This will replace The Shield as my favorite long arc tv series. Really, it's a tv show about two serial killers in the eighties and their marital difficulties, with a little ideology slathered on top.
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charlest wrote: The Terror is very good, I've watched the first two episodes.
This is a good series. I loved the book and they've done it justice.
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cranberries wrote: Season five was notoriously slow, and more about their relationship than anything else.
And I'm OK with that except... we've done this bit already, multiple times. Every season has one or the other of them getting jealous about the esoteric parts of a job THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR TWENTY YEARS. Shouldn't they be past the jealousy part, already? For that matter, midway through season 5, we have Philip getting uneasy about the job again. This is the same thing he was complaining about in the VERY FIRST EPISODE of the series. After 4.5 seasons, you're telling me that they can't come up with some new themes? By far the most interesting sequence in the entire series is (spoilers)
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I don't think they're *returning* to the theme of Philip questioning his job, I think it's still unresolved. Unlike most TV dramas, real, life-changing decisions don't get made over the course of a week so that people can move on. It's an internal conflict that will probably never properly resolve for him. He's good at it, but he hates it. He wants to quit, but doesn't want to give up all the things it has given him. That inner turmoil influences every action he takes, every interaction with other people, even his own family. I find it fascinating and well-imagined.Jackwraith wrote:
cranberries wrote: Season five was notoriously slow, and more about their relationship than anything else.
And I'm OK with that except... we've done this bit already, multiple times. Every season has one or the other of them getting jealous about the esoteric parts of a job THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR TWENTY YEARS. Shouldn't they be past the jealousy part, already? For that matter, midway through season 5, we have Philip getting uneasy about the job again. This is the same thing he was complaining about in the VERY FIRST EPISODE of the series. After 4.5 seasons, you're telling me that they can't come up with some new themes? By far the most interesting sequence in the entire series is (spoilers)
Warning: Spoiler!where they start revealing the aspects of their life to Paige, since watching digest everything for the first time has been way more interesting than watching them be troubled for the fifteenth time.
I've watched every season so far on Amazon, but I didn't realize I could get currently airing episodes on there. I'll have to look into that.
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